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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-4633
CVE-2024-4633:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Slider and Carousel slider by Depicter plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-4633) in versions up to and including 3.2.1. The vulnerability exists in the 'addExtraMimeType' function due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (CWE-79) issue with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.4 (MEDIUM). The attack vector requires network access (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), low privileges (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), with changed scope (S:C), and low confidentiality and integrity impact (C:L/I:L) with no availability impact (A:N) (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with author-level permissions or above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than 3.2.1 of the Depicter plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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